The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
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The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
- Publication date
- 1939
- Topics
- World's Fairs, technology, capitalism, communism, time capsules
- Publisher
- Audio Productions Inc.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Public Domain.
- Item Size
- 3.7G
1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print.
See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html.
This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who believes in improving society by working through corporations. The Middletons experience Westinghouse's technological marvels at the Fair and win back their daughter from her leftist boyfriend.
Memorable moments: the dishwashing contest between Mrs. Modern and Mrs. Drudge; Electro, the smoking robot; and the Westinghouse time capsule.
See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html.
This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who believes in improving society by working through corporations. The Middletons experience Westinghouse's technological marvels at the Fair and win back their daughter from her leftist boyfriend.
Memorable moments: the dishwashing contest between Mrs. Modern and Mrs. Drudge; Electro, the smoking robot; and the Westinghouse time capsule.
Credits
Sponsor: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Production Company: Audio Productions Inc.
Director/Writer: Robert R. Snody. Camera: William Steiner. Music: Edwin E. Ludig. Editor: Sol E. Feuerman.
Cast: Marjorie Lord (Babs), James Lydon (Bud), Ruth Lee (Mother), Harry Shannon (Father), Adora Andrews (Grandma), Douglas Stark (Jim Treadway), George J. Lewis (Nick Makaroff), Georgette Harvey (Maid), Ray Perkins, Helen Bennett.
Based on a story by G.R. Hunter and Reed Drummond.
- Addeddate
- 2007-11-29 03:35:38
- Ccnum
- asr
- Closed captioning
- no
- Color
- color
- External-identifier
-
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- Fil-transport
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- Identifier
- middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939
- Identifier-commp
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- Run time
- 55:00
- Sound
- sound
- Whisper_asr_module_version
- 20230805.01
- Year
- 1939
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